It’s a big world we live in, full of fortune-telling fox-woman hybrids, libraries where books are chained to the shelves, rusting shipwrecks, and amusement parks at the bottom of salt mines. The website Atlas Obscura collects the most intriguing of them, and now Atlas Obscura is in book form, perfect for flipping through while waiting […]

Mary Forgione, a US citizen, was stopped and detained by Turkish border patrol when she attempted to reenter Turkey while on vacation. She wrote about her interesting experience for the LA Times. Takeaway: the State Department won’t help you if you get detained in another country because a border agent forgot to stamp your passport. […]

The Black Friday Mac Bundle 2.0 is one of the Boing Boing Store’s best-selling Mac bundles yet, and it’s about to come to an end. If you don’t get your copy now, here’s what you’ll be missing:This bundle comes packing 9 top-rated Mac apps in one package, at the hugely discounted price of just $23.99. […]

The Boing Boing Store’s Gift Guide is full of ideas for pretty much anyone in your life like hipster ice cub trays, Xbox controllers, Halo Boards, and even diamond necklaces. As always, all products in the Boing Boing Store come at great discounts, too. Shop by price bucket starting at under $20. Under $20:Bloxx Jumbo Ice Trays […]

Unlike traditional lighters, the SaberLight features an electronic plasma beam that’s both rechargeable and butane-free. This sleek lighter is even approved by TSA, so you’ll never be stuck buying lighters you’ll just have to throw away partially used. For some people, like me, this is a pretty big game-changer. The SaberLight’s beam is actually both hotter and cleaner […]

Actually, it is a little-known fact that the meter is based on the circumference of the Earth, which is different at different latitudes. Australian meters are a little smaller than equatorial meters. In fact, at the poles, the meter shrinks to zero size, which makes motion impossible, and this is why the poles are fixed while the rest of the Earth rotates.

Animal invasions are a big deal in this part of the world so the airline would have made sure that the snake died, regardless. A good example is feral foxes in Tasmania. These animals are a pest all over the mainland and recently there have been sightings around Devonport where there is a ferry terminal. Did one animal get across? Or a pregnant female?

You mean not kill the snake? It would be a matter for PNG authorities and they are not known for sentimentality. I suppose they might ship it back but a lot of illegally imported animals are euthanased.

I saw the video of the snake on the outside of the plane. Let’s just say it flailed violently in the wind, blood was spattered on the aircraft, and it was limp when the plane landed. No snake survival.